Lactococcus lactis cremoris infection: Not rare anymore?

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hadjisymeou, Simone ^a   Loizou, Peter ^b   Kothari, Prasad ^c  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Luton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS CREMORIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS CREMORIS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NECK PAIN; NECK TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND DRESSING; ABSCESS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84891415671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-008479     Document Type: Article

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